Factory Fresh CSX 3103 leads Q276 over the Youghiogheny River.

NS train 18N rounds the sharp curve at Freemansburg PA with NS 1804 the Lehigh Valley Heritage Unit on the point. This marks the units first visit to Lehigh Valley territory, and it's maiden voya... (more)

One of the last places to see sun in the Price River Canyon is here between Lynn and Nolan. The high canyon walls can make photography challenging, there is only about 3 1/2 hours of good light t... (more)

Breaking the still of night, NS's Interstate Heritage locomotive leads more oil empties back to the Bakken oil fields.

A rerouted Selkrik, NY to Delano, CA empty fruit train moves across the open field of Spring Garden as it begins its night run down the Feather River Canyon.

Typically a late night train, CP 247 makes an unusual afternoon appearance as it rolls northbound along the Hamilton Sub and through a soybean field on the way to Guelph Junction. Because of the t... (more)

Going to sea by rail: An eastbound Union Pacific freight begins the long trek across Great Salt Lake at Lakeside, Utah, as the end of the train in the foreground is about to leave terra firma for ... (more)

The NS Southern heritage unit which ran to Grand Rapids, MI at night on Q335 ended up coming back to Toledo on a very late Q334. Here the train curves by the CSX Toledo Docks.

NS 23G passes the fence line with the Southern heritage leading.

This westbound coal load is passing under Billies Mountain. In 1982-83, record moisture soaked the mountains causing the Great Thistle Slide. The Slide buried the helper town of Thistle, the rail... (more)

Lehigh Valley heritage unit leads autoracks 18N east at TULP on the Reading Line.

An eastbound intermodal passes through High Bluff.

After a long wait the sun gods were good to us and gave way to some afternoon light just as 18N approached us with the 8104 in the lead. This was the first time the Lehigh Valley unit made it to t... (more)

The corn crop is at its infancy as the Monongahela heritage unit waits at the south end of the siding at Atwater for the conductor to throw the switch. The train will wait for 2 southbounds before... (more)

A North Platte to West Colton manifest departs Salt Lake City on June 14, 2013.